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American opera director and operatic tenor
Commemorations 2025 (Death: James Stuart)
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2024-03-28
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2024-03-21 10:16:00
The Queen of Spades, Deutsche Oper, 20 March 2024
PIQUE DAME von Pjotr I. Tschaikowskij, Premiere am 9. März 2024 in der Deutschen Oper Berlin, copyright: Marcus LieberenzCountess (Doris Soffel) and Hermann (Martin Muehle)Hermann – Martin Muehle Tomsky – Lucio Gallo Prince Yeletsky – Thomas Lehman Chekalinsky – Chance Jonas-O’Toole Surin – Kyle Miller Chaplitsky – Andrew Dickinson Narumov – Artur Garbas Master of Ceremonies – Jörg Schörner The Countess – Doris Soffel Lisa – Maria Motolygina Pauline – Karia Tucker Governess – Nicole Piccolomini Masha – Arianna Manganello Children’s commander – Sofia Kaspruk Little Hermann – Aleksandr Sher Little Lisa – Alma Kraushaar Stage piano – Jisu Park Old servant – Wolfgang SiebnerDirector – Sam BrownDesigner – Stuart NunnChoreography – Ron HowellVideo – Martin EidenbergerLighting – Linus FellbornAssistant directors – Constanze Weidknecht, Silke SenseDramaturgy – Konstantin ParnianChildren’s Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Christian Lindhorst)Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (director: Jeremy Bines)Statisterie, and Opernballet of the Deutsche OperSebastian Weigle […]
2024-02-28 07:37:00
Beauty and meaning: Handel's Theodora from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo with Louise Alder in the title role
Handel: Theodora; Louise Alder, Tim Mead, Anna Stéphany, Stuart Jackson, Adam Plachetka, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen; Alpha ClassicsReviewed 20 February 2024A performance of Handel's late masterpiece that combines musical beauties with a sense of the inner meaning of the words, with a wonderful central performance from Louise AlderConsidering that Handel evidently regarded it as one of his favourite oratorios and that any performance of it is something of an event, Handel's Theodora has rather a sparse history on disc, though the converse of that is that most of the recordings are that little bit special. Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli recorded it in 2000 with Susan Gritton and Susan Bickley, Maxim Emelyanychev and Il Pomo d'Oro recorded it in 2022 with Lisette Oropesa and Joyce DiDonato, whilst further back there is the recording with the unforgettable Lorraine Hunt Lieberson from 1992 as well as the famous Glyndebourne production.Now Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo have […]
2024-02-26 15:10:33
Luigi Dallapiccola, Part I, 2024
[…] This changed with the Abyssinian and Spanish wars, which Dallapiccola protested, and then much more so when Mussolini, under pressure from Hitler, adopted racial (for all practical purposes, antisemitic) policies: Dallapiccola’s wife, Laura Luzzatto, was Jewish. They married on May 1, 1938; the racial laws were adopted in November of that year. Here, from 1938, is the first of the three Canti di Prigionia (Songs of Imprisonment), Preghiera di Maria Stuarda (A Prayer of Mary Stuart) written, in part, as a protest against Mussolini’s racial laws. The New London Chamber Choir is conducted by James Wood, and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, by Hans Zender. We’ll continue with the life and music of Luigi Dallapiccola next week.
2024-01-26 05:00:00
Charles Groves (and others) conducts
[…] *; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves ^; National Youth Orchestra of Wales conducted by Arthur Davison '; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson "Lyrita SRCD334 [recorded: 1972 *, November 1980 ^, 1974 & 1975 ', 1979 " for EMI, Unicorn & BBC Records; CD issued 2009[CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venues: Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales *; Brent Town Hall, Wembley, UK ^; BBC Studios ' "Recording engineers: Stuart Eltham *; Bob Auger ^ "; not given 'Producers: Brian Culverhouse *; Antony Hodgson ^; Moelfryn Harries '; Bob Auger "Robert Simpson:01 - 05 Symphony No. 5 (1972) * [38'53]06 - 07 Symphony No. 6 (1977) ^ [33'12]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis *; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles GrovesLyrita SRCD389 [BBC Broadcasts May 1973* and April 1980^; this issue 2021][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Royal Festival Hall, […]
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